To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much was spent per pupil in each shire county in England in the most recent year for which figures are available (a)in primary schools and (b) in secondary schools.
In 1989–90, the latest year for which figures on actual spending are available, spending per pupil in nursery and primary schools and in secondary schools for each shire county in England was as follows:
Net institutional expenditure 1 per pupil
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County
| Nursery and primary schools (£)
| Secondary schools (£)
|
| Avon | 1,195 | 1,800 |
| Bedfordshire | 1,240 | 1,815 |
| Berkshire | 1,105 | 1,735 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1,170 | 1,850 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1,115 | 1,640 |
| Cheshire | 1,050 | 1,715 |
| Cleveland | 1,150 | 1,915 |
| Cornwall | 1,095 | 1,690 |
| Cumbria | 1,265 | 1,845 |
| Derbyshire | 1,230 | 1,975 |
| Devon | 1,095 | 1,705 |
| Dorset | 1,120 | 1,635 |
| Durham | 1,225 | 1,735 |
| East Sussex | 1,125 | 1,765 |
| Essex | 1,150 | 1,800 |
| Gloucestershire | 1,140 | 1,735 |
| Hampshire | 1,125 | 1,790 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 1,145 | 1,635 |
| Hertfordshire | 1,245 | 1,900 |
| Humberside | 1,265 | 1,760 |
| Isle of Wight | 1,125 | 1,575 |
| Kent | 1,030 | 1,565 |
| Lancashire | 1,090 | 1,810 |
| Leicestershire | 1,180 | 1,900 |
| Lincolnshire | 1,110 | 1,630 |
| Norfolk | 1,160 | 1,810 |
| North Yorkshire | 1,095 | 1,760 |
| Northamptonshire | 1,095 | 1,685 |
| Northumberland | 1,175 | 1,645 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1,255 | 1,955 |
| Oxfordshire | 1,205 | 1,810 |
| Shropshire | 1,160 | 1,855 |
| Somerset | 1,145 | 1,745 |
| Staffordshire | 1,155 | 1,790 |
| Suffolk | 1,120 | 1,820 |
| Surrey | 1,140 | 1,675 |
| Warwickshire | 1,140 | 1,770 |
| West Sussex | 1,145 | 1,745 |
| Wiltshire | 1,125 | 1,700 |
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